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10 B mm 779- 1949 WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21. 1963 Fur-Pretend Fabrics Are Made AUGUST FUR REMODELING EVENT r Custom fur service for the discriminating wo man. Have your furs re modeled and cared for NOW at summer prices. FURS by Samuel Medford's Own Master Furriers MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Nil m ft jr-" jBs U&y I; f Yw? ) u xixnmsX aaw iu n no two Right now! Buy a luxurious fur-trim coat to tor fad... the most exciting new minks in Autumn Haze, Silver Blue, Palomino, tweeds. ffMr $wittXt tibettd to tfiow oouiitty of ortgtn 6f kiipotltd fall flatter akad Get a head start into fall . . . with a new hairstyle to fit your personality ... let skilled beau ticians cut, set and style your hair ... you'll be glad you did . . . call us for an appointment soon . . . Betty Roy added to our staff. Dorothy Elliot, Owner ne ma UEMIH SALOKl Medford Shopping Center enjoy alt year. ..at this special pre-seasoh price! collection of coats, all from a famous maker. Ranch... also blond dyed beaver. CoaHabr'tcs BEAUTY Hfl il MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON Into Accessories Wild and wonderful 'furs And the creative designer, are coming out of the jungle and off the looms this fall . . . long haired and short hair ed, striped and spotted, to make really exciting accesso ries. And since the right way to look this season is the spor tive way, the furry accesso ries bags, vests, ascols and stoles even boots are one of the newest and smartest ways to add your own personal signature to your coordinated costume. Among the pretend furs that will liven the fashion scene this fall are the ze bra's stripes and the leopard's spots, both being widely used in almost everything from top to toe, from hats to vests to skirts to boots. New weaving processes and new synthetic fibers have made possible an entirely new range of truly beautiful fake furs with all the richness of depth and color and texture of the originals. from the very top-ranking names on down, have ' gone wild over these furry fabrics, as will you when you see them. These are not cheap and shoddy and shamefaced imi tations of the real thing. They are frankly fake and frankly fabulous. Consider the fashion impact of a "mink" pullover sweat ery top, for example, or a floor-length "broadtail" host ess gown or a "zebra" bag, big and bold, with a stark black suit. Another these new "furs" less vests to be worn over plain little dresses. There's an "ocelot" with "mink" trim that would be heaven with a golden wool and there are even wide shirts and and cardigans derful wardrobe extenders when teamed with your skirts, pants and Fur is the most exciting new fashion Lavish, ful trims of finest quality: natural incrudtjworsieds, fur fibers, diagonals, Fashion Goes Feminine in Two Directions Fashion goes feminine this fall in two directions the lifted waistline and the stretched out torso. Paris is calling the waistline "terraine vague" (or undefined ground), meaning that it can be any where, and the American de signers, from Top Names to Mass Markets, are in agree ment. Even skirt lengths are vague, ranging from short short to mid-calf to ankle, de pending on fabric and mood. dramatic use of is in sleeve' And the most usual overall feeling is one of long, skinny suppleness, greatly softened, greatly flattering to almost every figure. The newst dresses are nar row and skimmy, barely touching the figure lightly, emphasizing a high bust in what is almost an Empire line. There's a fluid, graceful feeling to these dresses, often achieved by the bias cutting (shades of Jean Harlow!) so popular in the '30s and due for a big revival in all fab rics including wools this fall. Bias cutting achieves a fit that moves when the figure moves a far more subtle way to emphasis than skin tight fitting, or rigid inflexi ble boning can give. Intricate Seaming Intricate seaming and rag Ian sleeves often contribute to this all shape, all supple feeling of sexy softness which appears in many of the day clothes and reaches real em inence in the late day and cocktail - time dresses that verge into the frankly roman tic. Many late day and evening dresses go even further into the Femme Fatale look; very slinky, very dramatic, very understated, gaining all their impact from shape and fab range of fur blouses, sweaters that are won basic dresses. ric and simplicity. These have a true feminine elegance that is the exact opposite of the fussy, cluttered, blatant bouf fants that were once almost a "dress-up" uniform. Long, graceful sleeves have returned, either thin and fit ting, contributing to the long skinny look, or full and gath ered and cuffed for the ro mantic feeling. And the "cos tume look" in rich woolens and velvets has returned as well. Not for a long time has there been such a feeling of a new look a new and ele gantly feminine feeling in the fashion scene. Suit Shoulders Are Getting Wider for Fall It is always fun and thrill ing to peep into the future, when given that seldom but exhilarating pleasure! And when the fashion future can be predicted, how much easi er it makes the wardrobe planning how much nicer for the clothing budget! Significant fashion influ ences come from many sourc es, from California and from New York, from Italy and from Paris. And when it can hp Iparnpri what, thp tnn rip- cinna.e nf 1Un nntic. .m!, I are doing now, what we'll be . wearing next year is very ; easy to see. Fashion always starts with 1 a "look" a shape silhou- j etle. I Remember when Dior look j women out of wide-shouldered, short skirted, skimpy fab ricked suit that reflected the wartime's austerity? Suddenly, in one short sea son, everything in the ward robe was out of style. Way, way out of style. But the picture of what is to come is already shaping up, According to the published sketches of the most impor tant of the trend - setting de signers, both here and abroad in Paris and Italy, shoulders are going wider and rounder. Some evidence is already available to indicate a return to centle padding in the fu ture to further emphasize the shoulder. But it will be used in a rounder, far softer ver sion than in the straight, squared off shoulders of the 30 s. Sleeves get more and more attention, too. Almost all of the sketches for the future put a great emphasis on the bulk of important sleeves. Skirts are staying uniform- ly slim and narrow, with all the bulk of the silhouette moving up to the top. Wide and tall collars top the widened shouldered, big sleeved silhouette, and if the waistline is defined in fit it, too, is lifted. Width at the top and bulk at the top, tapering to a slim and narrow length of skirt, are the things to look for this fall if you are planning the kind of wardrobe that will carry over from one year to the next without being dated. Think of a triangle, point down, and look for this shape when you shop for a fashion able future. 50 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE in DeSalle Mocco Crocco Boshl We're on to you Skooters. Our safari to the Shoe Salon has detected you are not really reptile at all, but a clever coun terfeit in calfl Good show though it takes a monocle to ferret the fraud indeed, these Mocco Croccos are positively posh and quite a trophy for great white or natural fashion hunters. . And jove, each pair is just 9.95 Open Monday & Friday 'til 9 p.m. MEDFORD SHOPPING CINTE4
